Originally Posted by
Doohickie
Without weighing them, I have to disagree. The Oly 12 is clearly lighter than the Marathon. Also, the Marathon came with Suntour 7 in the front and HR in the rear, both of which are below the aRX components on the Oly 12 (although they work fine). Other than that, the Marathon is a pretty nice bike.
If the Accordo was clearly a cut above I might have gone for it, but it's on the other side of the metro area.
not sure which part you're disagreeing on, but all three are indeed in the middle quality range for their respective years. The Nishiki might be slightly lighter than the Marathon, but as stated all three bikes are pretty comparable in quality.
I'm not trying to "dis" your bikes, I was just trying to make the point that I don't think it would be worth the time to swap parts over from one to the other because in the end you'd basically end up with the same bike. Unless of yource you just want more bikes, which is completely understandable
